Nigerian writer, Jowhor Ile, has been announced winner of the 2017 edition of Etisalat Prize for Literature, a prestigious literature prize for first-time fiction writers of African origin.
For his novel And After Many Days, Ile was announced the winner at a prize presentation held Saturday night at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. He received a cash prize of £15,000 and an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück pen, among several other rewards.
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